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James Bryce
as Bosola in
The Duchess of Malfi 


Professional acting enquiries, please contact:
James Bryce
c/o PLA Scotland
5 Union Street
Edinburgh
EH1  3LT
Tel:  0131-478-7878
Fax: 0131-478-7070
edinburgh@pla-uk.com
london@pla-uk.com

Musical or writing services, please contact:
James Bryce
50c Huntersfield Road
GOREBRIDGE
EH23  4TT
jb@jamesbryce.org.uk

 


The Writings of James Bryce

IN A JOURNALISTIC SENSE, James started off as a record reviewer with "Z" magazine, but besides articles he has always written poetry, dramatic scripts, song lyrics, and general whimsies - some of which can be seen on the scribble page.

The following table details his output over the last few years: 

Please note that A BirthNoahMaster Builder and The Warming Force are available at a price of £7.00 each from the author at:

50c Huntersfield Road
GOREBRIDGE
EH23  4TT

Sustainability 2005

Two ten-minute plays for educational radio on the theme of wind-power
Road Traffic Safety 2000

A monologue for BBC Radio Scotland Education
Mary Slessor 1998

A monologue for BBC Radio Scotland Education
 
Theatrical Tours 1995

An article for The Scotsman on theatrical tours
 
Travel Time:  China 1994

For BBC Radio Scotland
 
21st Night 1994

An article for Theatre Scotland on a three-week tour of Twelfth Night in China
 
The Hobbit 1992

A dramatised version of the book, suitable for a cast of up to about 50 children, with songs and music
 
The Warming Force 1992

A story with activities for the audience, suitable for all ages
First performed at the Scottish International Children's Festival 1992

 
The Master Builder 1991

A story with activities for the audience, suitable for all ages
First performed at the Scottish International Children's Festival 1991

 
Noah 1987

A short dramatic script with music based on the Bible story of Noah, and suitable for children from ages 4 to 14
 
A Birth 1986

A short dramatic script with music based on the Nativity, and suitable for children from ages 4 to 14
 
Hopscotch
One of James' greatest successes has been Hopscotch, the educational series from BBC Radio Scotland.

Since 1997, Jim has had the luxury of scripting, writing the music and performing in these programmes as the character Stirfry, a rather scatterbrained dog who lives in the Hopscotch garden.

First writing for this flagship programme in 1995, his contributions now total nineteen, on various subjects:

2008 Imagination
2007 Making Music
2007 Up and Down
2006 You Never Can Tell
2005 Healthy Eating
2004 Fresh and Clean
2003 Why Worry?
2002 Easter Time
2001 Minibeasts
2000 The Lost Toy
1999 When You're New
1998 Death
1998 Different Friends
1997 Spring Cleaning
1997 Death
1997 Hello, I'm New
1996 Getting Better
1995 Wanna be in Your Gang
1995 Bang on a Drum

Other contributions to BBC Radio Scotland Education are to the Stop Look Listen series:

Friends
A story for their Buddhism programme

Respect of Place
A story for their Christianity programme

Rakshabandan
A story illustrating the Hindu ceremony

Two Brothers
A story illustrating the Christian parable